Global Vernacular

Transdisciplinary conversations about the inherentcomplexities of the built and natural environmentsin the Hawaiian context led to discussions aboutthe challenges and opportunities facing Hawai‘itoday. These talks sparked a public discoursethat was explored through both talking andmaking. “Making” resulted in the creation ofan international design competition, a curatedexhibition of selected entries, and ultimately adesign-build project for a traveling installation.This paper presents the design process bywhich the installation project was conceived.Stakeholder engagement, multiple inputs andcultural influences informed the ideation,prototyping, and student-led fabrication ofthis effort, resulting in the creation of DesignIslands, a cultural artifact that exists betweenart and architecture, the indigenous and theforeign, and the global and the vernacular.

Volume Editors
Urs Peter Flueckiger & Victoria McReynolds

ISBN
978-1-944214-16-6